Thoughts on SHIPS-- Love as a Driving Force

[Judy M. Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 44758

Jessica wrote:
 A long and very eloquent treatise on love as an essential force in 
the fight against the powers of darkness.  To snip parts would be 
sacrilege.  (We may argue the details, but I doubt if we can argue 
the essential truth of what she has said.)
  With all the dark fatalist talk of dread endings and isolation and 
death, this piece was a breath of fresh air.  None of us can argue 
that love is a fundamental theme of these novels.  Is JKR writing 
around an old cliche, "love conquers all?" Maybe, in her own, very 
unique way. I do have a feeling that in the climax of these novels, 
if Voldemort is to be defeated, love, not advanced spellwork, will be 
the most powerful weapon.
Well said, Jessica.
--Judy